The Scottish songs - National Library of Scotland
The Scottish songs - National Library of Scotland The Scottish songs - National Library of Scotland
610 — DONALD COUPER, TviHT:—-Donald Couper and his man. Hey Donald, howe Donald, Hey Donald Couper ! He's gane awa to seek a wife. And he's come hame without her. O Donald Couper and his man Held to a Highland fair, man ; And a' to seek a bonnie lass But fient a ane was there, man. At length he got a carline gray, And she's come hirplin hame, man ; And she's fawn ower the buffet stool. And brak her rumple-bane, man.* LITTLE WAT YE WHA'S COMING Tune—Little tvai ye ivha'' s coming ! Little wat ye wha's coming, Little wat ye wha's coming, Little wat ye wha's coming Jock and Tam and a' 's coming ! Duncan's coming, Donald's coming, Colin's coming, Ronald's coming, Dougal's coming, Laachlan's coming, Alister and a' 's coming I * From Johnson's Musical Museum, Part IV. 1792. ; !
611 Little wat ye wha's coming, Little wat ye wh^'s coming, Little wat ye wha's coming ; Jock and Tarn and a' 's coming Borland and his men's coming. The Camerons and Maclean's coming, The Gordons and Macgregor's coming, A' the Duniewastles coming I Little wat ye wha's coming, Little wat ye wha's coming. Little wat ye wha's coming ; MacGilvray o' Drumglass is coming ! Winton's coming, Nithsdale's coming, Carnwath's coming, Kenmm-e's coming, Derwentwater and Foster's coming, Withrington and Nairn's coming I * Little wat ye wha's coming, Little wat ye wha's coming, Little wat ye wha's coming ; Blythe Cowhillf and a' 's coming I The Laird o' Macintosh is coming, Macrabie and Macdonald's coming. The Mackenzies and Macphersons coming, A' the wild MacCraws coming I Little wat ye wha's coming, Little wat ye wha's coming, Little wat ye wha's coming ; Donald Gun and a' 's coming I They gloom, they glowr, they look sae big. At ilka stroke they'll fell a Whig * Lowland and English partisans. f A gentleman of Dumfries-shire. ; !
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611<br />
Little wat ye wha's coming,<br />
Little wat ye wh^'s coming,<br />
Little wat ye wha's coming ;<br />
Jock and Tarn and a' 's coming<br />
Borland and his men's coming.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Camerons and Maclean's coming,<br />
<strong>The</strong> Gordons and Macgregor's coming,<br />
A' the Duniewastles coming I<br />
Little wat ye wha's coming,<br />
Little wat ye wha's coming.<br />
Little wat ye wha's coming ;<br />
MacGilvray o' Drumglass is coming !<br />
Winton's coming, Nithsdale's coming,<br />
Carnwath's coming, Kenmm-e's coming,<br />
Derwentwater and Foster's coming,<br />
Withrington and Nairn's coming I *<br />
Little wat ye wha's coming,<br />
Little wat ye wha's coming,<br />
Little wat ye wha's coming ;<br />
Blythe Cowhillf and a' 's coming I<br />
<strong>The</strong> Laird o' Macintosh is coming,<br />
Macrabie and Macdonald's coming.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Mackenzies and Macphersons coming,<br />
A' the wild MacCraws coming I<br />
Little wat ye wha's coming,<br />
Little wat ye wha's coming,<br />
Little wat ye wha's coming ;<br />
Donald Gun and a' 's coming I<br />
<strong>The</strong>y gloom, they glowr, they look sae big.<br />
At ilka stroke they'll fell a Whig<br />
* Lowland and English partisans. f A gentleman <strong>of</strong> Dumfries-shire.<br />
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